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Only humanity could grasp the stars and then let them slip through its fingers for the pettiness in its heart.
Dark Age (2019)
Permanence of fame, power, dominion of the individual, are illusions. All that will be measured, all that will last, is your mastery of yourself.
Dark Age (2019)
The tragedy of the gifted is the belief they are entitled to greatness, Lysander. As a human, you are entitled only to death.
Dark Age (2019)
What devious designs freedom requires. One must worry about the strength of a principle when it must compromise itself so often to survive.
Dark Age (2019)
I once thought the greatest sin of war was violence. It isn't. The greatest sin is it requires good men to become practical.
Dark Age (2019)
I think, as with all things, honor is best appreciated in moderation. As is cruelty.
Dark Age (2019)
Is a man a coward if he realizes that bravery is just a myth the old tell the young so they line up for the meatgrinder?
Dark Age (2019)
Life is meant to be felt. Else why live? Valleys make the mountains.
Dark Age (2019)
Don't you find it peculiar? The human conviction that we are the heirs of history instead of paragraphs that are almost over. A survival mechanism, no doubt.
Dark Age (2019)
A moving mind is always fed. At rest, mine eats itself.
Dark Age (2019)
Nothing beautiful survives the mob.
Dark Age (2019)
"You know the curse of this world?" I ask, looking at the body the Carver made for me. "The greatest gifts were given to the worst of us."
"Not realizing they are gifts is what makes them the worst," he replies.
Dark Age (2019)
You know I believe we all begin equal parts light and dark. I fear you think your strength lies in your darkness. But the measure of a man is not the fear he sows in his enemies. It is the hope he gives his friends.
Dark Age (2019)